Introduction to Creolization in Caribbean Music
Hey guys! Welcome to my music blog. It's Ches, your favorite blogger and today we are talking about creolization in Caribbean music. According to the book 'Tour de Force, creolization is the process of exchanging culture that results in multiple cultures coming together and mixing. The resulting cultural products are unique, combining elements of the original cultures with new and distinct ones. This means elements of different cultures are blended together to create new ones. This is shown across the Caribbean in our food, language, religion and music. Merengue is an example of creolization. According to 'Tour de Force, it is both a type of music and dance style that originated from the Dominican Republic and has become popular throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Picture of Merengue Dancers Retrieved from: https://www.boardingpasstv.com/index.php/2020/11/21/el-merengue-ritmo-y-baile-de-resistencia-que-vencio-el-pensamiento-retrograda-de-la-intelectualidad-y-bu